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May 6 Naked

So just an update about my current project... it's called Naked... and yes, it's about a naked guy... and it's got zombies dancing, and magic, and it's a musical... good times.This is a picture from our first day. We were shooting at Sony studios in the Jimmy Stewart building. It's a pretty rad place... lots of rich architecture in an office type building which is rad to see. Also, every office is it's own room... no cubicles here. Anyway, so this picture is from a scene where the naked guy runs into a meeting that his dream girl is presenting at. the shot we were doing is a dolly down the middle of the really long conference table and past the end to reveal the naked guy's butt. oh yeah, did i mention the director is the naked guy? Anyway, we did the shot with a super peewee 3 with the high post kit and a 7' 5" lenny arm mini. The fun part of the shot was that as the jib arm went above the heads of the people on the close side of the desk, so they had to duck until the camera went over them. Anyway, enough jibber jabber.Oh, one last thing... everyone on the project is pretty pro, and working well below their normal rates, but they are doing it because the project is so unique and everyone likes the director.Without further ado...

Not only is it a great memory full of awesome sights but it was over the course of this trip that I had time to think about the change I was making. Much of that thinking wasn't conscious, but there were a few moments of clarity that were interesting. I've also had a few different ideas about how to write this, so instead of doing all of that hard work of deciding on what to do, what you're going to see is a potpourri of the various directions I was thinking about.

The Crowne Plaza in Pittsburgh has hard mattresses and slow breakfast service, but we persevered and got on our way for our last day on the road. There was a gorgeous layer of fluffy snow on the car and more coming down for us to watch while we ate breakfast. Once we got underway we saw right away what a beautiful city Pittsburgh is.

Today is the day that all the previous planning fully went out the window. Memphis wasn't really on the schedule, but it didn't seem that much out of the way and we were still going to Nashville so it was fine. Today, we didn't even set foot in Nashville at all, instead we spent most of the day in Memphis, which it turns out has so much to offer, and then drove past Nashville and are spending the night in Georgetown, Kentucky.

I laughed a lot, but not the laughter of humor(although there was a little of that), but the laughter of dismay that something so incredibly unexpected could exist and is right in front of you. I gasped a lot, every turn brought a new and surprising twist. I sat peacefully in environments that shouldn't exist outside of dreams.